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FROai THE JOrRNAl, OF THIi BOARD OF REGENTS. 

" Resolved, That no Branch shall be established until a deed for a suitable 
quantity of land, shall be executed to the Board of Regents, and security given for 
the erection of the necessary buildings thereon, and for the donation of one hun- 
hred dollars, for the foundation of a Branch Library ; the security to be approved 
by the Committee on Branches or their agent, and the donation for the Library to 
be expended under their direction." 

The successful application of the means placed at the disposal of the Regents, 
depends so much upon the fulfilment of the conditions expressed in the foregoing 
resolution, and the establishmet of properly regulated boarding houses near the 
Branches in the interior of the State, that the committee, under whose direction 
this edition of the Laws is published, cannot refrain from maldng an appeal to the 
public spirited citizens residing in the immediate vicinity of these institutions, in 
their behalf. 

From official communications which have reached the Board of Regents, they 
have learned with regret, that many young men who have sought adudssion into 
the Branches, have been turned away for want of appropriate places of study, and 
of boarding houses adapted to the wants and pecuniary abilities of the applicants 
for admission. 

The conunittee, therefore, impelled by a sense of duty to those who must send 
their sons and daughters from home to be educated, adopt this mode of addressing 
those who stand pledged to fulfil the stipulations of the contract entered into with 
the Regents of the University, for the organization and maintenance of a Branch 
in their respective places of residence. The amount received by the Board for 
tuition and expended in the payment of teachers is now as one to three. Unless 
then, om- Branch buildings can be constructed so as to furnish accommodations for 
twenty or more students from abroad, these institutions will draw so heavily upon 
the income of the University, that it will be out of the power of the Regents to 
increase or even to sustain for any length of time the number at present in opera- 
tion. 

One-tenth of the funds arising from tuition is pledged by the Board of Regents, 
to the increase of the Branch Library founded by the donation asked for as a pre- 
requisite to the establishment of each of these institutions. 

Detroit, May 7, 1839. 



LAWS 

m THE BRAICHES OE THE UIIYERSITY OE MICHIGAN. 



CHAPTER I. OF THE GOVERNMENT. 

Art. 1. The immediate government of each Branch 
of the University, shall be vested m the Principal 
thereof. 

2. It shall be the duty of the Principal, aided by 
such tutors as may be associated with him for the pur- 
pose by the Board of Regents, to educate and instruct 
the students in the several departments of learning 
directed to be taught in the Branches of the University, 
to encourage them in the acquisition of knowledge and 
the practice of virtue, to counsel and warn the offend- 
ing, and faithfully administer the laws established by 
the Regents. 

3. A record of all official acts of the Branch shall 
be kept by the Principal, which record shall be open to 
the inspection of the Regents or the respective Boards 
of Visitors whenever either body shall desire it. 

4. The Principal shall keep a book in which he shall 
register the name and age of each student, the date of 
the admission of each, together with the name and 
residence of his parent or guardian, and the time and 
circumstances of his leaving the institution. 

5. The Principal shall report to the Board of Re- 
gents within ten days before the close of each term, 



the number of students in attendance, the various 
studies pursued by them, the number pursuing each 
particulnrbranch, the manner in which they are studied, 
the number of instructors employed, the aggregate time 
devoted by all instructors, the time devoted by each, 
the manner in which each discharges his duty, the suc- 
cess of their instructions, together with all such other 
particulars as the Beard of Regents may specially re- 
quire ; and he shall also make such suggestions for 
improvement in the method of instruction and internal 
economy of the Institution as may occur to him. {See 
Form, on last page.) 

6. Whenever any Branch of the University shall be 
fully established, and annually thereafter, the Regents 
shall appoint for such Branch, a Board of Visiters, five 
in number, whose duty it shall be to superintend a 
public examination of the students at the close of each 
term, and to report to the Regents the results of such 
examination. 

7. All questions relating to the general administra- 
tion of each Branch, arising between the Principal and 
tutors, or between the Principal and students, their pa- 
rents or guardians, shall be submitted to the Board of 
Visiters, to be by them decided, subject to an appeal 
to the Board of Regents : — and a meeting of the Board 
of Visiteis may at any time be convened by the Prin- 
cipal, or by any two of their own number, by giving 
seasonable notice of the time and place for such meeting. 

8. A Treasurer for each Branch shall in like manner 
be appointed annually by the Board of Regents, who 
shall enter into such bonds as thej'- shall prescribe, with 
securities to be approved by the Principal and the Board 



of Visiters, for the faithful disbursement or rendition 
of all moneys which may come into his hands by virtue 
of his office, and for the faithful discharge of the duties 
which may devolve upon him in consequence of such 
trust. 

CHAPTER 11. OF ADMISSION INTO THE INSTITTJTJON. 

Art. 1. Every apphcant for admission as a student, 
must adduce satisfactory evidence of good moral char- 
acter. Should he have been a member of any other 
Branch, he must produce a certificate thereof. He 
shall also undergo an examinalion satisfactory to the 
Principal in reading, spelling, writing, ihe elements of 
English grammar, geography and arithmetic : — Pro- 
vided, that the examination in English grammar may 
be dispensed with, in the case of those pupils who design 
to pursue a course of classical studies. 

Terms of admission to the Female Department, shall 
be a satisfactory examins tion in reading, writing, spell- 
ing, and the rudiments of geography. 

Sec. 2. The time of entering a Branch, and form- 
ing a class, to commence the course of studies, shall 
be the first of each term. Applicants for admission, 
subsequent to this, must be prepared to join the class 
which commences on the first day of said term. 

3. Tuition shall in all cases be paid in advance to 
the Treasurer of the Branch, or satisfactory security 
be given for its payment at the close of the term. 

4. At the beginning of each term, the Principal, 
with the Board of Visiters, shall make an assessment 
for incidental expenses, to be paid at the same time 



with the term bill, and if, at the expiration of the term, 
there shall remain an unexpended balance, it shall be 
refunded. 

5. The laws for the government of the Institution 
shall be publicly read in the audience of all the students 
on the first Monday of each term, and no plea of igno- 
rance shall be admitted in extenuation of their violation. 

CHAPTER in. STUDIES AND EXAMINATIONS. 

1 . The studies pursued in the Institution shall em- 
brace reviews of English grammar, geography, and 
arithmetic, and such branches in the departments of 
English Literature — Mathematics and Physics — the 
Languages — and Intellectual, Political and Moral 
Science, as shall be necessary to qualify young men 
for the University, for teaching, or for business. 

2. No text books shall be used except those author- 
ized by the Regents. 

3. The arrangement of studies and the appointment 
of all exercises in them, shall be under the direction 
of the Principal. 

CHAPTER IV VACATIONS, BUILDINGS, &C. 

1. Vacations shall be from the 6th of August to the 
18th of September; from the 24th of December to 
the 2d of January ; and from the 19th of April to the 
1st of May ; and no holidays shall be allowed during 
either of the terms, the 4th of July excepted. 

2. No student shall absent himself from the institu- 
tion in term time without permission from the Principal. 

3. No student shall occupy a room in the buildings 
of the institution, or change his room, or make altera- 
tions or repairs, without leave from the Principal. 



4. All damages done to the property of the Institu- 
tion shall be repaired at the expense of the aggressors, 
if they are ascertained ; otherwise at the expense of 
all the students. Offences against cleanhness shall be 
regarded as damages. 

5. The Principal and the Board of Visiters appoint- 
ed by the Regents, shall inspect the buildings, at least 
once in each term, to take note of all sach violations, 
and make assessment of damages accordingly. 

6. The Treasurer shall employ suitable persons to 
procure v/cod, ring the bell, and perform other neces- 
sary offices ; the expense of which shall be defrayed 
out of the contingent fund. 

CHArTEU V HOURS OF STUDY RELIGIOUS EXER- 
CISES GENERAL DEPORTMENT. 

1. Every student, on his admission, shall be con- 
sidered as devoting his undivided attention to his duties 
as a student; not only during the hours of recitations 
in the Institution — that is from 9 to 12 A. M. and from 
2 to 5 P. M. during the summer, and from 2 to 44 P. 
during the Vv'inter — but also at all other times ; for 
which reason the time from 6 to 8 A. M. in the sum- 
mer, and from 61 to 9 P. M. during the w^inter, shall 
specially be considered as hours of study. No excuse 
shall be admitted for any neglect of study on the 
ground that the student had been otherwise employed. 

2. The exercises of each day shall be opened with 
the reading of the scriptures and prayer ; at which 
time every student, unless specially excused by the 
Principal, or at the request of the parent or guardian, 
shall be present. Every student shall also attend some 



place of public worship on Sunday, unless excused at 
the request of the parent or guardian. 

3. Monitors shall be appointed by the Principal, who 
shall report all absences from religious exercises and 
tardiness at the same, which, together with absences 
from recitation, and other omissions of duty shall be 
noted and registered by the government. 

4. It shall be the duty of each student, whenever he 
may have an excuse for any apparent violation of the 
laws of the Institution, voluntarily to offer the same to 
the Principal. 

5. The conduct of the students towards all men, and 
particularly towards their instructors, is to be regula- 
ted by those plain rules of politeness, honor, and re- 
ligion, which are binding on every free and virtuous 
community. They shall conform to every requisition 
of the officers of the Institution which may arise from 
their relations as instructors and counsellors, and as 
upright and good citizens they are required to use all 
lawful exertions to prevent and expose all violations of 
the laws of God, and the country, and whatever is at 
variance with the objects of the University. 

6. In order that the Principal of the Institution may 
be enabled, the more effectually, to guard the students 
from evil, no student from abroad may board or reside 
in any place disapproved of by him, and any Instruc- 
tor shall be readily admitted into the rooms of any 
such student at any time, and into the rooms of all 
students occupying rooms in the buildings of the Uni- 
versity, and if not admitted, an entrance by force may 
be made, and all damage thence arising shall be paid 



by the student offending. Every thing in the build- 
ings of the Institution shall be accessible to an officer. 

7. Penalties, in case of pupils not more than sixteen 
years of age, and when the misdemeanor does not 
require suspension from the privileges of the Univer- 
sity, shall be at the discretion of the Instructors, sub- 
ject to the control of the Principal. In all cases v^hen 
a student, after repeated counsel and warning, appears 
to be incorrigibly indolent, troublesome or vicious, and 
is, in the opinion of the Principal, an injurious member 
of the Institution, notice shall be given to his parent or 
guardian, and his connection with the University dis- 
solved. 

8. There shall be published, at the close of each 
term, a statement showing the standing of each stu- 
dent in his studies and also in his deportment. Instead 
of the name a cypher shall be employed, and made 
known only to the student and his parent or guardian. 
The first statement shall be made out from the average 
of daily recitations ; if these have been perfect he shall 
be marked 40, or with a number proportionately less 
as they fall shoit of the standard of perfection. If his 
attendance and deportment have been exemplary, he 
shall be marked 40, or with a number less, in propor- 
tion as those fail to be satisfactory.* 



* Thus the annexed statement shows that the 
student whose cypher is B F is perfect in his stu- 
dies but a little deficient in attendance or depoi t- 
ment ; whilst A H has done but little in his studies 
and his deportment has been decidedly bad. Excused defi- 
ciencies are not noticed in this statement. 



B F 40 37 
C D 20 39 
AH 9 



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9. It shall be the duty of each student to be present 
at all examinations of his class ; and if any scholar 
ghall absent himself, without giving to the principal a 
satisfactory reason, he shall be considered as dishonor- 
ably dismissed. 

CHAPTER VI OF TERM BILLS. 

1. Tuition shall be in the Branches of Detroit and 
Monroe for the first year $19 50 ; for the second year 
$18 ; for the third and every succeeding year $15. In 
the other Branches it shall be first year $15 ; for the 
second year $13 50 ; for the third and every succeed- 
ing year $12 ; and one tenth part of such tuition fees 
shall be appropriated under the direction of the Prin- 
cipal and Board of Visiters for the purchase of works 
of reference and books for the Branch Library. 

2. If a student shall leave, or be dismissed before 
the middle of the term, he shall be charged for one 
half of the same ; and if after the middle, for the 
whole. 

3. When any student, after having pursued a course 
of study in a Branch of the Univei'sity, shall engage as 
teacher of primary schools in this state, the Regents 
will refund his tuition, viz : one year's tuition for each 
year he shall spend in teaching until he shall have re- 
ceived a sum equal to the amount paid by him for 
tuition at the Branch. 

CHAPTER VII OF DISMISSIONS. 

1. Any student, not a minor, or whose parent or 
guardian requests it, may have a certificate of dismis- 
sion under the signature of the Principal, if he sus- 
tains a good character, and all dues of the University 
are satisfied ; but the certificate may not contain any 



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thing respecting his scholarship unless he be examined 
for that purpose. 

CHAPTER VIII. OF THE LIBRARY. 

1. The Library of each Branch shall be open to the 
students and officers thereof, under such regulations 
and bye-laws, as shall be prescribed by the Principal, 
and approved by the Board of Visiters. 



12 RESOLUTION. 



The following Resolution is published for the infor- 
mation of all who are in anywise officially connected 
with the Branches of the University of Michigan: 

FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. 

" Resolved, That the laws for the government of the 
Branches, contemplate, in the opinion of the Regents, 
a series of uninterrupted studies ; and, therefore, that 
any suspension of the usual and regular recitations on 
Wednesday afternoon, is clearly in violation of said 
rules." 

Adopted July 17, 1838. 



COURSE OF STUDIES 

IN THE 

CI-ASSICAt. ©EPARTMEWT. 



i. Woodbridge & "Willard's Geography, and Keith 
on the Globes, 

1. Robbins' Outlines of History. 

2. Webster's English Grammar. 

3. Hale's History of the United States. 

4. Porter's Rhetorical Reader. 

5. Pinnock's Goldsmith's England. 

6. Jameson's and Whately's Rhetoric. 

7. Karnes' Elements of Criticism. 

1. Andrews &. Stoddard's Latin Lessons. 

2. Do. Do. Do. Grammar. 

3. Do. Do. Do. Exercises. 

4. Do. Do. Do. Reader. 

5. Cornelius Nepos. 

6. First Book of Virgil's iEneid with reference to 

Prosody. 

7. Vita Washingtonii. 

8. Dellaway's &. Adam's Roman Antiquities^. 

9. Anthon's Sallust. 

10. Anthon's Cicero's Orations. 

11. Cicero's Tusculan Questions. 

12. Virgil. 



14 COURSE OF STUDIES. 

13. Cicero de Senectute, de Amacitia, de OfRciis. 

14. Horace. 

15. Fulsom's Livy. 

16. Cicero de Oratore. 

17. Tacitus' Historia, Germania, Vita Agricola. 

18. Quintillian. 

19. Juvenal. 

1. Goodrich's Greek Lessons. 

2. Anthon's Greek Grammar. 

3. Jacob's Greek Reader, (Boston Edition.) 

4. Anthon's Greek Prosody. 

5. Xenophon's Anabasis. 

6. Cleveland & Potter's Grecian Antiquities. 

7. Graca Majora. 

8. Greek Testament. 

9. iEschinus & Demosthenes de Covona. 

10. Plato. 

11. Homer. 

12. Select Tragedies, viz : Prometheus of JEschy- 

lus, Antigone and Electra of Sophocles and 
Alcestes of Euripides. 

1. Bush's Hebrew Grammar and Christomathy. 

2. Vander Hooght's Hebrevs^ Bible. 

1. Davies' Arithmetic. 

2. Do. First Lessons in Algebra. 

3. Do. Bourdon's Do. 

4. Do. Legendre's Geometry. 

5. Do. Surveying. 

6. Bridge's Conic Sections. 

7. Olmsted's Natural Philosophy. 



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8. Herschel's Astronomy. 

9. Davies' Descriptive Geometry. 

10. Do. Shadows and Linear Perspective. 

11. Do. Analytical Geometry. 

12. Comstock's Chemistry. 

13. Do. Mineralogy. 

14. Do. Botany. 

15. Do. Geology. 

16. Do. Physiology. 

Nos. 12 to 16 inclusive are adoptetl only until more suitable text books in those 
branches of study respectively, can be published unJer the direction of the Regents. 

1. Way land's Moral Science. 

2. Mcllvaines Evidences of Christianity. 

3. Upham's Mental Philosophy. 

4. Jamison's and Whately's Logic. 

5. Wayland's Political Economy. 

6. Mansfield's Political Grammar. 

7. Butler's Analogy. 

BOOKS or REFERENCE AND OCCASIONAL STUDY. 

Webster's Dictionary. 

De Lacy's General Grammar. 

Butman's Large Greek Grammar. 

Cousin's Psychology. 

Lieber's Political Ethics. 

The course of studies in the Teacher's Department 
is to consist of the above, omitting only the Latin, 
Greek and Hebrew languages. 

The above course is intended to include frequent 
Exercises in Translations, English Composition, Elo- 
cution, &c., under the direction of the Principal. 



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